Questions tagged [equity]
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If a company is in debt, do employees with equity have any financial obligation?
If I choose to work for salary + equity, and the company loses and/or is in debt, am I obligated to pay a part of the company debts?
Is it common in the startup world?
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How to politely refuse a startup's equity? [closed]
Hypothetical situation:
I received an attractive job offer from a startup, which includes a salary of x and equity that the startup values (let's say fairly) at y. y is a non-trivial sum; x+y is a ...
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My business partner does not want to participate on the business activities, how should I proceed?
I have started a business together with another partner as an equal in terms of earning and effort. There's no written contract, just a gentlemen's agreement. We are an IT software company, so we don'...
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Former employee who thinks they were wronged is threatening me [closed]
I hired this lady to help me start with a project in Indonesia 2 years ago. I paid her what she asked and mentioned some profit/revenue sharing schema as a bonus if things work out. She was first ...
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How to ask my boss for shares in company?
My friends and I have been working in a startup for over 1 year. They have spent more time in this company and have already completed 2 years of work.
During this time, we participate in a project ...
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Can I ask to be paid in equity?
Say I have a job offer from a company. They say they'll pay me X dollars a month. Can I negotiate to be paid fewer dollars but instead some equity? Is it appropriate to even ask?
Does the answer to ...
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Ended up with (almost) worthless equity, what to do?
I signed with a company which at that time was private, and I got stock options as part of my comp, which vest over the next four years. In the time between my signing and my starting date, the ...
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Pay raises while having stock options [duplicate]
Say you're an early employee at a startup, and have been granted stock options (representing under 1% of equity). How should you approach the topic of pay raises?
Should you just ask for a small bump,...
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Equity vs stock options (startup) [closed]
Is there any significant disadvantage receiving stock options vs.
shares in a new startup?
What could be the excuses for not giving shares but stock options and
would it be reasonable to insist on ...
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How to evaluate a C-level job offer at a young startup [closed]
Have just been given an offer at a young startup (~3 yrs, 1 other employee [the CEO] and 2 contractors) for a CTO position. Offer is all-equity with a roadmap in place for salary after revenue goals ...
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As longest employee the stock grants offered does not reflect tenure as my boss had promised
I have worked for my employer for 7 years and have stuck with the company transitions and tough times when everyone else has left. My boss has said to me many times I would be receiving stock grants ...
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When a company is sold— do royalty holders get anything? [closed]
I am one of 3 founders of a very small startup company. We want to make rule that says, even if a founding partner leaves, they can still receive a 3% royalty from the company in perpetuity.
Here's ...
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How big of a share in a startup should I ask for/expect?
I've been asked if I'm interested in working as the lead developer at a startup e-commerce site. I am very interested and very confident in mine and the startup's ability to succeed.
But I have no ...
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Asking For Equity 2 Years Later
I started working at a startup almost 2 years ago. I was brought on part-time. During negotiations I opted for a higher hourly rate as I needed the money and the management structure was questionable (...
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Collaborator witholding code before deadline
A long friendship has ended, and I am looking for an objective, collective third party opinion on this matter.
Summary: five days before a critical deadline, a collaborator has, with no warning, ...
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Options vs Equity vs Percentage
I received today an job offer via email for a role with a package including "Equity/options/%" as below:
I am very pleased to present the offer from company xxx!
$xxx + Super
12-month retention ...
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Can I short a company stock when I intend to accept a job offer? [closed]
Let's say I have a job offer from a public company where a significant part of my compensation is in stock. I like the company and the position but I'm concerned that their stock is overvalued. Now, I'...
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How much equity compensation can I expect from a preseed startup? [closed]
I am a software engineer with more than 6 years of experience and currently finishing my degree at UC Berkeley. I joined the team as a full stack and data science engineer. There are four other guys ...
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Job title not matching the job activity
I have recently landed my first professional job as an contract equity research analyst at a small firm through a friend. Generally speaking, such role requires one to have completed at least a ...
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How to politely ask to trade stock option in job offer for something else?
I've read some related questions but:
This is just a good explanation (doesn't answer my question).
What's an employee stock option scheme?
This question is from a startup perspective (not ...
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Offered Equity in Company, Amount Open to Negotiation [closed]
I work for a small 6 person IT/WebDev company with 2 owners (with a 30/70 split). The company started about 10 years ago with just one member. The WebDev side has dwindled down to just me as of 6 ...
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Would buying company shares increase my career possibilities within that company?
A company sent employees a letter offering to buy company shares. It is not clear if the amounts offered would allow voting rights with the company. I am not interested in buying shares from the ...
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My offer letter entitled me to 2.5% interest in the company after 2 years. Its been 2 years and nothing [closed]
My offer letter states I am entitled to the 2.5% interest in the company after completing 2 years. I've done that and so far just getting the brush off. What can I do? or should do?
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How to estimate the value of a startup equity when negotiating a contract
The startup offer, as listed on the website, suggests a fork of values for both salary and equity. Let's say, for the sake of clarity, the values are 90k-130k$ and 0.25-2% equity.
I need to ...
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Job offer at hedge fund requires investment [closed]
My relative has been offered a position and I want to get more info to see if it’s legit.
A school advisor connected him with former employees of large international bank, who started their own ...
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Does 'Provides equity' mean they are going to pay you? [closed]
I recently applied for a job that in the Posting said 60,000 - 90,000 (Provides equity). I have Gotten past the first two interviews and am heading for my third this Friday. During the interview ...
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Ethical dilemma: I work at a consultancy. How to handle a client's request to moonlight directly for them, for equity? Weirder context inside
I'm suddenly facing a bit of an ethical dilemma. To give background:
The company I currently work for, let's call it AppCorp, currently has a client, let's call him Bill, who has built and launched a ...
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What is a fair ask for the first employee who built the majority of the product if you want to rehire him? [closed]
I need some advice because I'm not sure if I'm being unreasonable here.
TLDR: Joined friends startup (about 5-6 months in) on 6 month contract for salary and no equity. Built entire project from ...
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What is the value in joining a start-up without any equity included in the contract? [closed]
I keep reading about joining a small start-up, keeping it up until it grows and then reaping the rewards.
However, the way I see it is that investors and shareholders will be reaping the rewards, ...
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Trading fixed pay for shares on a project which is about halfway complete [closed]
A few years ago I worked for a software company which paid me an average salary. While there I had an idea for an internal project which greatly reduced costs, and emphasized my employers such project ...
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Being asked to abandon personal projects for a position in a startup
I've been in talks with a startup founder who has decided to hire me. I've been studying web development for the last couple years and put up an ad for a part-time job, not expecting much. I cited a ...
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Startup stock options [closed]
I am having some issues with the cliff period of my stock. My initial agreement was that I would get shares after 1 year (with 1 year already vested) Now the company wants to put a clause in the new ...
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Is it normal to always expect equity when working at a startup? [closed]
I've seen an organization that claimed to be a 'startup' and they expected their employees to work 60+ hour weeks. The salaries are pretty weak and no one has been offered equity yet. There have only ...
